Well to be fair, I think there's exactly one trans allegory in Bloodborne, and it really hits home:
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Beyond being embryonically attached (
) to themes of innate female biology, Bloodborne is a tragic love letter to humanity's constant seeking of scientific progress. At least, it is one of the several valid readings of the story and the lore, in my opinion. The beastly scourge, addiction to blood, the analogues to real life medical and religious institutes, that specifically Victorian ache in the game's very bones. I'm being an emotional autist now so I will shut up, but if anyone is interested in that perspective please check out
our lord and savior Charred Thermos on Youtube.
What is extremely fucking funny is that the way in which Bloodborne achieves this visceral critique of scientific progress, is through the observation of the human mind and body as they are twisted and crooked through experimentation and addiction- with an emphasis on the sacred feminine figure. Defiling wombs and the children in them for the sake of ascension- Mergo and Yharnam, Kos and her Orphan; while men, symbolically, become more and more beastly through blood addiction- to both the Blood and the high of achievement (Ludwig and Laurence). The Living Failures themselves are horrific witnesses to Byrgenweth's uniform, unisex approach to seeking the Eldritch Truth: misshapen lumps of grey flesh whose only function is to gather around the Lumenflowers like the Milkweed parasites they embody in spirit.
All that to say that even if we stop using our minds and accept that Bloodborne is indeed a commentary on transgenderism, it would be telling them to stop going the way of Byrgenwerth/ Healing Church and think about what they were giving up for the sake of "ascension" (gender dysphoria, the coom, etc.).
But what can you expect? These are the same people who look at Heather in Silent Hill 3, a horror story with a vulnerable girl going through the painful processes of womanhood as the main character, and immediately start talking about how it's actually a critique of the patriarchy. The antagonist institute is centered around worshipping a Kali like Goddess figure who will usher in a new age by destroying the old world, her priestess Claudia is female, her predecessor (Dahlia) was female, the only male character who is even slightly a threat to Claudia is killed by her half an hour after his introduction- but muh fucking patriarchy. That is ALL they will talk about.
If my autistic ramblings are to have a point, let me say it now:
Modern day troons, their agenda and their supporters, regardless of sex, have created a type of mysogyny that is both unique and extremely insidious. Womanhood doesn't exist for these people- not for its own sake. Womanhood is liminal, transitory, a border concept- a membrane between what these people perceive to be "masculine" and everything else. Therefore in Silent Hill, when Heather rages against a MATRIARCHAL cult it's actually a critique on patriarchy. When in Bloodborne the whole story revolves around the unique vulnerability & power of the female biology and how humanity curses itself by defiling it, it's really about transitioning because these people really think "See????? By transitioning I am breaking free from my mortal form and ascending!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
There couldn't be a better time to be a stuck up bitch in today's IP zeitgeist. I've never given any value to fanart/ fiction and people always disliked me for it. I came to accept I was a self-aggrandizing bitch for thinking one should always try to create their own before imitating something else, but goddamnit at least it's kept me away from these faggots. Yes, I'll take those puzzle pieces.
